Today marks another milestone in SpaceX's ambitious test campaign for Starship as the company prepares to test a unique and daring concept for the second time. The focus of this test will be on the Super Heavy booster's landing, which will involve a groundbreaking maneuver with a structure known as Mechazilla.
Once the Super Heavy booster separates from the Starship spacecraft, it will attempt to land by steering itself into the arms of Mechazilla, a massive structure at SpaceX's launch site designed to catch rockets mid-air as they descend for landing. The tower, named Mechazilla by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk due to its resemblance to a metallic Godzilla, features arms, or 'chopsticks,' that can be used to stack and move boosters and spacecraft before takeoff and to catch rockets during landing.
